Comments on: 2007 Kia Grand Carnival Road Test

By: Tashandsteve4

Tashandsteve4 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:34:00 +0000

What did you end up doing with your car? I have the same problem, but my car broke down two hours from where I live. Any suggestions?

By: Huski

Huski — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:48:23 +0000

Will the Grand Carnival tow a caravan – we have a 16 foot pop top – whats the tow ball weight on one of these things?
Thanks

By: Canberra Base

Canberra Base — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:36:25 +0000

You can’t compare the old carnival to the new Grand. KIA has come a long way. Hire one if you are sceptical, thats how I fell in love with Grand Carnival. Truly this car is by far more practical, more comfy, more roomy and spacious and more family friendly than a Tarago or Oddyssey.

I have a 2007 Grand Carnival (owned since new) and it has been incredibly reliable and I have no issues to report after owning it for 4 years.

Its an absulte gem of a family car, it defied all of our expectations and has been by far the most wonderful and surprisingly reliable car experience that we have ever encountered.

Incredible value for money, very reliable, plenty of power, and most importantly very comfortable and very roomy cabin with large seats and enormous luggage boot space to move our family and everything we need to go holidays or anywhere. Something the Tarago and the Odyssey couldn’t do for our family of 6.

You can’t even compare a Tarago or Odyssey to it. Travelling in a Grand Carnival is literally like travelling in Business Class for the whole family and every passenger has a large window seat and plenty of leg room. This is the only car that our kids truly enjoy travelling in and never complain or get claustrophobic or dizzy. Tarago and Odyssey owners eat your heart out.

By: virja

virja — Wed, 04 May 2011 23:16:31 +0000

own a grand carnival 2007. past warranty. local dealers and repairs cant seem to advise or repair faulty electric sliding doors. poor support from dealers outside of warranty period. anyone with this problem. is it electrical as it simply no longer functions and has to be manually opened and closed. is there a fuse- even this is not clear in the manual. poor feedback for Kia review and will certainly discourage this maker of cars to anyone looking to purchase in the future.

By: alan

alan — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 05:26:29 +0000

hi we own a grand carnival 07 model we got this one 2nd hand after getting rid of our 2000 model with the dodgy quad cam 2 and a bit litre engine i can say this model is if u wernt one of a few that had to have the revised brake rotors and pads replaced at 40 something thousand ks fitted we have traveled from s.a to melb with car trailer in tow picked up 70s model car and drove back to s.a with out a prob.so hey were happy with our purchase and were up 73,000 kms

By: Mooseman

Mooseman — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:58:22 +0000

Where abouts did they put the tank?

By: Nath746

Nath746 — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:37:39 +0000

We have a 2009 Kia Grand Carnival Identical to the one tested here. One thing though, ours accelerates faster than 10.5 seconds from 0 to 100km/h. ours did it in about 9 seconds (with the air conditioner on). Kia seems to be underrating themselves… and the Fuel Economy is TERRIBLE!! we average about 11L/100km mostly highway driving in country victoria and it gets up to 15-17L/100km in the city or when towing… Ours is the Petrol Powered Model. Very Powerful Engine and smooth gearbox, but slow to change gears in manual mode… The Diesel has exactly the sam etorque output (but a lot lower in the rev range) but less power.
CA, can you please test the Diesel Model (or have a comparison between the Diesel and Petrol Powered Models) as I find it hard to find a Diesel Review of the Grand Carnival.

By: Solange Berry

Solange Berry — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:09:45 +0000

I have a large family of 8, 6 children 11-21. WE absolutely love our Grand carnival after being a family who always drove a Tarago. The Kia middle row seats have ample room for long legged teenage sons. We test drove a new tarago and the smaller width of seats in the 2nd and 3rd row don’t compare to the kia. Also the back seat in the Tarago is low and the view for smaller children is dismal. Recipe for car sickness. The older model taragos back seat were much better and I believe Toyota has failed the larger family with the back row. We drive 2000km every christmas for family holiday and even our older children 21, 19 choose to travel in the car with us.
Recently drove 2000km with all family(luggage) and towing 6m fiberglass boat and car cruised effortlessly. Didn’t even lose speed on the hills. Higher fuel consumption is worth the trade off for power and I believe much safer on the open highway. Would never go back to a sluggish Tarago which struggled to cope with a full load let alone towing as well. The view from all rows is fantastic and makes motoring enjoyable for all. It is a pity that the previous kia problems has put people off even trying one because they are missing out.

By: craig

craig — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:05:44 +0000

got a carnival and motor is toast after low km what a joke
and been told 10 large to fix ……. now car in garage and heading for scrap when load paid out (

By: HyundaiSmoke

HyundaiSmoke — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:35:27 +0000

They stopped selling Entourages in the States. Its absolute rubbish, and this is from a Hyundai guy here. Anyhing made at Sohari is absolute Rubbish, thats why HKAG is shutting that plant down soon. Its a drag on their reliability scores, and they would already be the most relaible company on the planet if it wasnt for that dammed stupid Sohari plant.